Sentences with phrase «appear on state tests»

Students are drilled on how to answer the precise types of questions that are likely to appear on the state tests.

Students from all grades work in teams to answer questions like those that appear on state tests.

The test score gains which appear on the state test may not show up on other assessments whose content is not drilled, such as NAEP.

Not exact matches

All states require certain screening tests to be performed on newborns, even if they appear healthy.

Long Island appeared on the threshold of cementing its place as the epicenter of the opt - out movement statewide, with tens of thousands of students refusing to take the state's English language arts exam on the first day of Common Core testing, a Newsday survey showed.

The lawmakers, concerned with a backlash not just from the teachers but in some cases from vocal parent - constituents, appear to have followed the union's lead: The moratorium, which has been a major legislative priority of New York State United Teachers, would essentially hold harmless teachers, principals and students from low test scores on Common Core - aligned exams for two years.

In other words, citizens appear to be evaluating schools based on local comparisons or on information provided by their state testing system without taking into account the relative rigor of state standards.

These words are critical to students» successful processing of academic tasks and appear in the Common Core State Standards and on standardized tests.

Students in grade 2 and above also received explicit practice on question response formats that appear on the state - mandated tests.

Though scores have risen on the state's TAAS test, the gains usually fail to appear even on other tests.

In other words, Lincoln students had lower scores on the state test, but appeared to show some of the most improvement over the school year.

Apparently, politicians and state - government bureaucrats remain unconcerned about the quality of the tests they mandate, so long as they can continue to appear to be «tough on teachers.»

ESSA sets a floor of 95 percent for student participation on annual state tests, but the USDE «appears to be ignoring this [participation] requirement,» according to Lovell.

State officials appear on track for developing a new test by 2015 - 16 for identifying students whose home language is not English and who need help improving their language skills.

Secretary DeVos is right when she says that American state schools appear to have grown accustomed to being in receive mode, waiting for orders from on high as to what they are to do next; while independent schools continue to enjoy their autonomy and capacity for innovation, which was once a rationale for the charter sector as well, but that sector has lost its vitality since philanthropists suborned leading educational entrepreneurs into specializing in test prep, so impatient did they become to see the effects of their spending reflected in national test score reports, an improvement that has not been forthcoming.

The findings also don't appear to reflect «gaming» through an overemphasis on test preparation: At the high school level, the tests given to students were not required by the state and so were unfamiliar to teachers and students.

It found that those that relied the most heavily on state standardized - test scores appeared to be counterproductive.

Although there are a number of areas that appear to be sources of reading difficulty, Valencia and Buly (2004) found that a substantial number of fifth grade students who scored below the proficient standard on a fourth grade state reading test exhibited difficulties in what the Common Core State Standards have identified as a foundational reading skill — reading flustate reading test exhibited difficulties in what the Common Core State Standards have identified as a foundational reading skill — reading fluState Standards have identified as a foundational reading skill — reading fluency.

But that minor point aside, according to the state of Connecticut's annual, multi-million dollar investment in standardized testing and the hundreds and hundreds of hours spent on test prep, I can now say with great pride that my child appears not to be an idiot.

Some short - answer and «essay» questions will appear, just as on many current state tests.

It's significant that PEAC's recommendation is unanimous, for 2 reasons: First, it appears that the leadership shown by CEA last year in striving to work with PEAC members to have deeper discussions about the issues has been successful, which, in turn has brought a more clear understanding of the negative impact brought about by including mastery test scores in teacher evaluation; and second, a unanimous decision will, hopefully, have a greater impact on the way the State Board of Education discusses and reviews the recommendation.

The gains on state exams appear to be tampered with, but Atlanta also posted gains on the National Assessment of Education Progress exam, a national test widely considered to be cheat - proof.

That is, bias (a highly controversial issue covered in the research literature and also on this blog; see recent posts about bias here, here, and here), does also appear to exist in this state and particularly at the school - level for (1) subject areas less traditionally tested and, hence, not often consecutively tested (e.g., from one consecutive grade level to the next), and given (2) the state is combining growth measures with proficiency (i.e., «snapshot») measures to evaluate schools, the latter being significantly negatively correlated with the populations of the students in the schools being evaluated.

Because both consortia appear to be on track to creating tests that are more rigorous than what most states currently administer, «initial results are likely to provide a shock to the public and to teachers» usual instructional practice,» the report cautioned.

No Child Left Behind requires every state to administer the NAEP in reading and mathematics every two years, and the data appear to show some wide differences between NAEP results and the results on state tests.

They vary widely and, in many cases, scores on state achievement tests appear out of sync with national test results.

Numerous questions about the impact of the new law remain but on the opt - out issue it appears that Congress will require states to notify parents about the Common Core Testing scheme but will continue to require that states mandate that 95 % of students participate in the destructive tests — «or else.»

A version of this article appears in print on, on Page A14 of the New York edition with the headline: Botched Most Answers on New York State Math Test?

Why does it appear that a recall only occurred when a state government authority had a positive Salmonella test on the pet food and then connected the Salmonella strain to human illness?

Accordingly, it follows from all of the foregoing that, in view of the objectives underlying Article [107 (1) TFEU] and the private investor test, an economic advantage must — even where it has been granted through fiscal means — be assessed inter alia in the light of the private investor test, if, on conclusion of the global assessment that may be required, it appears that, notwithstanding the fact that the means used were instruments of State power, the Member State concerned conferred that advantage in its capacity as shareholder of the undertaking belonging to it.»

With regard to the imputability of national measures to the State, which is ordinarily largely presumed in case of legislative acts and predominantly based on the control exerted over the public undertaking in case of decisions taken by the latter, the AG appears to carry out a test based on remoteness.

Appearing on ABC's Insiders program, leader of the One Nation Party and Queensland Senator Pauline Hanson questioned the safety and effectiveness of childhood vaccination programs, stating that there were reports that «vaccinations have an effect on some children», and encouraged parents to «do their own research» and to «have a test and see if (your children) don't have a reaction to it first.

Studies suggest that breastfed children are significantly less likely than are their bottle - fed peers to be obese; develop asthma; have autoimmune diseases, such as Type 1 diabetes; and be diagnosed with childhood cancers.7 Moreover, infant feeding practices appear to be associated with cognitive ability during childhood: Full - term infants who are breastfed, as opposed to bottle - fed, score three to six points higher on IQ tests.8 Family support providers can influence the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding by promoting, teaching, and supporting nursing; states can maximize potential benefits by tracking how many mothers start and continue breastfeeding for at least three months.